Practitioner Kinship Team VIC

at  Baptcare

Practitioner Kinship Team
Permanent Full-time
Sunshine, VIC
About Us
At Baptcare, we care. Our Mission and Vision are lived through our WE CARE Values: for our residents, customers, clients, partners, and supporters; with the very young through to the very old, the vulnerable, with families through all of life’s stages and challenges.
Baptcare is a purpose driven organisation working across Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia. Focused on providing residential and community care for older people and support to children, families, and people with disability, financially disadvantaged people and people seeking asylum.
Our Values are Wellbeing, Ethics, Co-creating, Accountability, Respect and Effectiveness ​. ​
About the Role
The Kinship First Supports Practitioner works alongside the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) Child Protection under the kinship care model aimed at identifying kinship networks earlier; promoting placement quality working alongside children and young people living in care; promoting placement stability; and building community connections..
The role reports to the Team Leader- Kinship Supports and indirectly to the Care and Support Services Manager. Family and Community Services programs/services operate across Victoria and Tasmania and are funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria and/or Communities Tasmania.
The role provides timely and comprehensive assessments within kin/kith placements identified by the the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) Child Protection, as well as to voluntary kinship placements across the Brimbank, Melton and Western Melbourne local government areas. The Kinship First Supports Practitioner provides outreach and in-home support to children and young people as well as kinship carer(s), who present with a range of complex issues related to drug and alcohol use, family violence, mental health, and cycles of disadvantage and poverty resulting in chronic neglect and cumulative harm. The intervention is provided through the provision of an early comprehensive assessment, brokerage and access to family service hours ranging from 10-110 hours. Through engagement, assessment, planning and the coordination of services, sustainable change that achieves positive social, emotional, educational and health outcomes for children and their carers is delivered. Service provision occurs primarily through ongoing implementation, review and progress assessment of the needs of the client.
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